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aside
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a short remark delivered only for the audience's benefit. Asides are often sarcastic, and usually reveal a character's true feelings, unbeknown to other characters
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catharsis
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emotional purging through a Greek Tragedy
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Dionysus
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in classical mythology, the god of wine
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dramatic foils
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2 characters that are opposite but compliment and exaggerate eachothers opposing traits
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dynamic character
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changes during the story
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epithet
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a word or phrase that describes a person or thing
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exodus
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the point where there is all kinds of action
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fate
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an inevitable and often adverse outcome, condition, or end
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flat character
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one traited character
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flaw
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the great error through which the fortunes of the hero of a tragedy are reversed
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foreshadowing
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clues in a literary work that suggest events that have yet to occur
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hubris
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excessive pride
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irony
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a contradiction between a character's understanding and the actual situation. (what we know and what they don't.
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metaphor
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comparing two things not using like or as
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monologue
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a long speech which is addressed to the other characters who are on stage with the actor
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oracle
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somebody or something considered to be a source of knowledge, wisdom, or prophecy
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parados
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two broad isles / the entrance song of a chorus in a tragedy
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personification
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a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
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prologue
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introductor statement
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recognition
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hero's perception of his true self
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reversal
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an action takes a course not expected my the doer
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round character
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multiple traited character
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simile
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comparing two things using like or as
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soliloquy
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a long speech expressing the thoughts of the character who is alone on stage
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static character
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stays the same the whole story
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tragedy
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a type of drama that faces evil, depicts suffering, and ends with the death of the heo or the hero is spiritually crushed.
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